LANmonitor supports the administration of the LANCOM applications by offering a range of functions that simplify the surveillance of devices at widely dispersed locations. The overview of devices monitored by LANmonitor already shows the most important information about the status of the devices:
The information that can be taken from the overview includes, among others, details about active WAN connections, the five most recent firewall messages, the current VPN connections and system information about charges and online times.
Right-clicking with the mouse on a device in LANmonitor opens up a context menu with further information:
- VPN connections The list of VPN connections is a log of the 100 most recent VPN
connections. The detailed recorded information includes
- Name of the remote device
- Current status
- Last error message
- IP address of the gateway
- Encryption information
- Accounting information The accounting information is a protocol of the connections from
each station in the LAN to remote sites in the WAN. The detailed information recorded
includes
- Name or IP address of the station
- Remote station used to establish the connection
- Type of connection, e.g. DSL or VPN
- Number of connections
- Data volume sent and received
- Online time
- Activity log The activity log is a detailed list of the connections via WAN, WLAN, VPN,
LANCAPI and a/b port, and a list of firewall activities. The detailed information recorded
includes
- Date and time
- Source
- Message
- Firewall actions log The firewall actions log lists the last 100 actions taken by the
firewall. The detailed information recorded includes
- Time
- Source and destination address
- Protocol with source and destination port
- Activated filter rule and exceeded limit
- Action carried out